In the letter to parents, interim Schools Superintendent Elliott Landon wrote, “it is with sadness that I must report to you that your Principal, DJ Colella, will be on leave at the beginning of the 2018-19 school year.”

Julie Droller has been appointed the new interim principal for the school year.

Droller, who was a K-5 literacy coordinator is a “visionary leader and lifelong learner with over 20 years of experience in education,” Landon wrote.